Random

Random is the only word that comes to mind to describe the silly stuff that always happens to us. Last night of course being no exception. Last night was Sunday (duh) and Shawn went to bed earlier than I did because we no longer have the priviledge of having a dvr (I am lost in the world without my dvr :*!) I stayed up late to watch one of my favorite shows Army Wives (you have gotta watch!!! LOVE IT!!). Anyhow I ended up falling asleep on the couch and about an hour later (bout midnight) I hear Pierre (the cat) meow and hiss. Now for those of you who actually know that I have this old cat, know that he is the most mellow cat in the world. Most people do not even know that we have him because he is not a social fella by any means. Basically he loves me and over the years has grown to love and tolerate Shawn, he adores Lily and tolerates the two boys dogs...and thats about it! K back to the story, I wake up to him meowing/hissing and it freaked me out cause last time he meowed and tried to get our attention was in Oklahoma when he caught a mouse in the house, so I automatically think that he is warning me that there is a snake or some other critter in the house. He came running to me from the kitchen and is anxiously looking at me and the pantry door in the kitchen that is ever so slightly open. I get up and am scanning the floor for snakes and get a few steps into the kitchen when this white cat comes flying out of my pantry and shoots out the doggy door. I am stunned!!! Not able to believe my eyes I go to the back door and look out in the backyard and sure enough there is a pure white cat sitting at the gate tot he backyard, sees me and jumps the gate. I figure the action is done for the night and go to bed.
Skip ahead a few hours...once again I am woken up by cats meowing and a chase going on in the living room!! Now the dogs are all up running around playing tag in the living with this cat- over the couch thru the kitchen, round the dining room over the recliner...total CHAOS!!! Finally they all go out the dog door make a few rounds of the backyard and the cat is over the block wall again. I would almost swear that this house guest of ours was my old cat Harley who I rehomed when Shawn and I moved in together because Shawn's allergies just could not tolerate the cat. Pierre followed me around all morning while I was getting ready for work acting like he lost his best friend all over again, and the dogs are on hot pursuit of this new guys scent all over the place. At least now we know that we were not crazy when we thought that the dogs had a sudden increase of appetite and chowed down 2 bowlfuls of dry. Glad to know that we filled the lil guys belly for a night or two but now the dog door is being closed off at night. As I type this Pierre is sitting by the dog door staring at it waiting for his new friend to come back for round 3. Too bad for him I prefer my sleep.
My 1st checkup for my hcg program is on Wednesday...so far it is going awesome!!! Hopefully I will be able to report back on Wed being 15 lbs lighter than I was on July 3rd when I started. As of this morning I was down 12 lbs but Friday I was down 14 lbs when I weighed myself and then did not do so well with my water and teas over the weekend. I am just curious...does anyone else have the same OCD habit as me of not trusting the scale and weighing myself at least 5x in the matter of 2 minutes??? The 1st 2-3 times usually project the same number but then by the 4th or 5th time it creeps up a pound or two so then I get pissed and step off and conclude that I should use the 1st weight that came up (haha).
I should start posting receipes as I come across them. My latest thing is making organic salsa (well its more of a pico de gallo) to eat as a side with my protein. I am craving Mexican I mean spicy flavor even tho I am able to use any herb/seasoning as long as its organic and does not include using butter/oil. I was getting burnt out on eating tomato and cucumber slices all the time. I wore myself out on wrapping my protein (chicken/hamburger patty) in romaine lettuce so I havent been eating lettuce anymore either. All I can think about is having Vegas Toast when I am done with this program! I LOVE breakfast, more so when I come across what I call Vegas Toast. Toast that is perfectly buttered and toasted just right, no matter where you go in Vegas for breakfast I swear that the toast is always to die for!! Shawn and I are going to Vegas in August with some friends- I will just be finishing the last of my 1st 6 weeks and am supposed to be going right into the Phase 3 of the program, but I will admit right now that I fully intend to cheat at that time. I am committed to sticking with the program and not cheating just in order to not feel guilty when we are in Vegas so I can eat a yummy breakfast!!!! Try and think of me being skinny!!!
XOXO